Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.

People have tried to keep me at bay with their jab, but once I put that pressure on, there is only so much you can do.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. But pressure, there always is, and whoever says otherwise is lying.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes.

I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

Life is a pressure cooker and whether you remain serene or become stressed-out depends on how you handle that pressure.

All the pressure I have is from myself. I have a lot of pressure inside me. I wanna be great. I don't wanna be average.

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us.

I know people expect a lot from me and want to see certain things when I play, but it's not really any pressure for me.

When you have experienced players, you don't tremble when it comes to playing in a hostile atmosphere or under pressure.

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.

What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights.

I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that's really about it.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

I had had a father whose shoes I could never fill, against whom I would never measure up; yet, I felt no pressure do so.

It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal.

There is always pressure in all matches in the World Cup. This is when you must go beyond your capacity as a competitor.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

There is nothing called pressure. I understand that there is expectation, but if there is any pressure, I don't feel it.

Live events are notorious for being pressure free. Stress free. It's all about just doing the match. Doing what you feel.

When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?

Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.

There exists for every liquid a temperature at which no amount of pressure is sufficient to retain it in the liquid form.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.

I don't use the word 'pressure.' I use the word 'expectation.' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me.

There is always a pressure to separate the Bible from science and to separate the Christian religion from things material.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

When God wants to bring more power into our lives., He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction.

We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.

Declaring victory without war .. the belief that India gave up the option of war under American pressure is totally wrong.

Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!

I'm fine with pressure. I went to Kentucky, dealt with it all season, playing in front of all the top teams and top crowds.

I have no sympathy for those who, under any pressure of circumstances, sacrifice their heart's-love for legal prostitution.

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

Our modern coaching culture is not to put too much pressure on any one performance, to let an individual flourish over time.

I am not the type of person who lets the pressure get to him. I try to see it as my friend. I align with it to calm me down.

The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question.

Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.

Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.

Unless we increase our economy's productivity-its vitality and competitiveness-we will face pressure for increasing controls.

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